{"product_id":"when-money-is-not-above-igor-vinicius-lima-valentim-9786599133916","title":"When money is not above everything: other ways of working, generating income, and living","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan we still dream of a more egalitarian and fairer world? Do we want it? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan we find now, in our current time, concrete examples of people living and working in different settings than corporations and profit-oriented organizations? Do we want to? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs there something different going on? Or is it all just a utopia portrayed in books and movies?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live the imperative of winning: always and at any price. Results matter, but not how we get to them. We do not see ourselves as complementary or interdependent. The other human beings have become adversaries, competitors... enemies! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat shocks me most is how many of us consider this kind of mindset, policies, and ways of life to be natural. People aspire to grow more and more within these ready and available ideals of success. Success for whom? At the cost of whom? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMe first. Me second. Me third. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut that is not unanimous! Not everyone thinks, feels, and desires to live like this!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething that I often think about is: what do we stimulate when we adhere to determined values, practices, and behaviors? What are we signalizing as natural, as positive? What are we (re)producing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am sure there are other ways of living and working. How and where can I find them?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is rare to perceive incentives to collective mobilization, ways of managing life, and organizations that stimulate values such as cooperation, solidarity, and egalitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eI did not want to just complain. Denouncing, debating, discussing: all fundamental. But I wanted to go further. I was curious to look for concrete alternatives. Practical possibilities. Concrete experiences. To live. To experiment.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil 2004, I had never heard of Solidarity Economy, associativism, or even self-management. But there are initiatives in which profit does not seem to be above all. You must pick them up, listen to them. You must live them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI love listening to stories and dreams. I love learning from how people build their existences and what types of values and societies these modes stimulate. It was essential to meet people who, together, fight for other ways of working and being, based on attitudes and values that are more loving and focused on life than those who today seem naturalized to many people, but that have nothing of natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI write this book with narratives linked to what I lived and felt: processes, experiences, experimentations. Theory is treated here as a tool, not as an end. I try hard to make it a job with and not about people and companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have learned a lot. I took many life lessons. During my journeys, I have heard and witnessed something that seems contrary to what many preach and believe: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"there are other suppliers... other qualities of dough. Everybody must win. Everyone must sell. Everyone must have their space\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hope that this book can affect you, raise questions, concerns, actions, and changes, especially in the direction of more just, egalitarian, and supportive worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Igor Vinicius Lima Valentim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 6599133916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786599133916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Compassos Coletivos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Igor Vinicius Lima Valentim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850761875711,"sku":"9786599133916","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-money-is-not-above-igor-vinicius-lima-valentim-9786599133916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}